Yoshida

Yoshida (written: 吉田 lit. "lucky ricefield") is the 11th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 芳田 (lit. "fragrant ricefield").

Notable people with the surname

 * Ai Yoshida, Japanese sailor
 * Akari Yoshida (吉田 朱里), Japanese idol, singer and model
 * Akihiko Yoshida (吉田 明彦), Japanese video game artist
 * Akihiro Yoshida (吉田 明博), Japanese footballer
 * Akimi Yoshida (吉田 秋生), Japanese manga artist
 * Akio Yoshida (吉田), Japanese footballer
 * Akira Yoshida (吉田 明), Japanese rugby union player
 * Akiyoshi Yoshida (吉田 昭義), Japanese football
 * Ami Yoshida (吉田 アミ), Japanese singer
 * Asami Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ayako Yoshida (吉田 理子), Japanese rower
 * Ayomi Yoshida (吉田 亜世美), Japanese artist
 * Baret Yoshida (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
 * Bill Yoshida (1921–2005), American comic book letterer
 * Bungo Yoshida (吉田 文吾), Japanese puppeteer
 * Chinami Yoshida (吉田 知那美), Japanese curler
 * Chizuko Yoshida (吉田 千鶴子), Japanese artist
 * Daihachi Yoshida (吉田 大八), Japanese film director
 * Eisaku Yoshida (吉田 栄作), Japanese actor and singer
 * Emika Yoshida (吉田 恵美可), Japanese javelin thrower
 * Eri Yoshida (吉田 えり), Japanese baseball player
 * Fujio Yoshida (吉田 ふじを), Japanese artist
 * Yoshida Hanbei (吉田 半兵衛), 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-e artist
 * Hatsusaburō Yoshida (吉田 初三郎), Japanese cartographer
 * Hayato Yoshida (吉田 隼人), Japanese cyclist
 * Hidehiko Yoshida (吉田 秀彦), Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist
 * Hidekazu Yoshida (吉田 秀和), Japanese music critic and literary critic
 * Hideko Yoshida (吉田 日出子), Japanese actress
 * Hirofumi Yoshida (吉田 裕史), Japanese conductor
 * Hiromi Yoshida (吉田 博美), Japanese politician
 * Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田 博), Japanese painter and printmaker
 * Hiroshi Yoshida (footballer) (吉田 弘), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Hiroyuki Yoshida (吉田 裕幸), Japanese footballer
 * Hodaka Yoshida (吉田 穂高), Japanese artist
 * Isoya Yoshida (吉田 五十八), Japanese architect
 * Izumi Yoshida (吉田 泉), Japanese politician
 * Kaii Yoshida (吉田 海偉), Chinese-born Japanese table tennis player
 * Yoshida Kanetomo (吉田 兼倶), Japanese Shinto priest
 * Kanso Yoshida (1895–1973), Japanese-born British seaman
 * Kazumasa Yoshida (吉田 一将), Japanese baseball player
 * Kei Yosida (芳田 奎), one of the physicists after which the RKKY interaction is named
 * Keishin Yoshida (吉田 圭伸), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Keisuke Yoshida (director) (吉田 恵輔), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Keisuke Yoshida (swimmer) (吉田 啓祐), Japanese swimmer
 * Ken Yoshida (吉田 謙), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Ken'ichi Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kenji Yoshida (吉田 健二), Japanese anime producer and illustrator
 * Yoshida Kenkō (1283–1350), monk, author
 * Kentaro Yoshida (吉田 賢太郎), Japanese footballer
 * Kiichi Yoshida (吉田 喜一), Japanese swimmer
 * Kiso Yoshida (1919–2005), Japanese artist
 * Yoshida Kiyonari (吉田 清成), Japanese samurai and diplomat
 * Kiyoshi Yoshida (吉田 潔), Japanese composer
 * Kō Yoshida (吉田 宏), member of the World Scout Committee, World Scout Foundation, and the International Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of Nippon
 * Kōsaku Yosida (吉田 耕作), Japanese mathematician
 * Kōta Yoshida (吉田 浩太), Japanese film director
 * Kōtarō Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kurumi Yoshida (吉田 胡桃), Japanese synchronized swimmer
 * Makito Yoshida (吉田 眞紀人), Japanese footballer
 * Makiko Yoshida (吉田 真希子), Japanese hurdler
 * Makito Yoshida (吉田 眞紀人), Japanese footballer
 * Mami Yoshida (吉田 真未), Japanese volleyball player
 * Mariko Yoshida (吉田 万里子), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Mariko Yoshida (volleyball) (吉田 真理子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Masafumi Yoshida (吉田 真史), Japanese footballer
 * Masaki Yoshida (吉田 正樹), Japanese footballer
 * Masako Yoshida (吉田 雅子), Japanese women's footballer
 * Masami Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Masao Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Masataka Yoshida (吉田 正尚), Japanese baseball player
 * Masayoshi Yoshida (吉田 匡良), Japanese footballer
 * Masujiro Yoshida (吉田 増次郎), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也), Japanese footballer
 * Mayumi Yoshida (吉田 真弓), Japanese voice actress
 * Megumu Yoshida (吉田 恵), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Metal Yoshida (吉田 メタル), Japanese actor and musician
 * Minato Yoshida (吉田 実成都), Japanese footballer
 * Mitsuaki Yoshida (吉田 光昭), Japanese virologist
 * Mitsunori Yoshida (吉田 光範), Japanese footballer
 * Mitsuru Yoshida (吉田 満), Imperial Japanese Navy officer and writer
 * Yoshida Mitsuyoshi (吉田 光由), Japanese mathematician
 * Miwa Yoshida (吉田 美和), Japanese musician
 * Miyako Yoshida (吉田 都), Japanese ballet dancer
 * Mizuho Yoshida (吉田 瑞穂), Japanese actor
 * Motohiro Yoshida (吉田 宗弘), Japanese footballer
 * Naoki Yoshida (吉田 直樹), Japanese video game producer, director and designer
 * Naoya Yoshida (吉田 直矢), Japanese footballer
 * Nobuko Yoshida (吉田 展子), Japanese computer scientist
 * Nonoko Yoshida (吉田 野乃子), Japanese saxophonist
 * Ray Yoshida (1930–2009), American artist
 * Reiko Yoshida (吉田 玲子), Japanese screenwriter and manga artist
 * Rihoko Yoshida (吉田 理保子), Japanese voice actress
 * Rikio Yoshida (吉田 力雄), Japanese Nordic combined skier
 * Riko Yoshida (吉田 里琴), Japanese actress. She changed her stage name to Ai Yoshikawa in 2017.
 * Riko Yoshida (吉田 莉胡), Japanese footballer
 * Rinne Yoshida (吉田 凜音), Japanese idol, singer and rapper
 * Rokuzaemon Yoshida (吉田 六左エ門), Japanese politician
 * Rui Yoshida (1864–1954), Japanese artist
 * Ruiko Yoshida (吉田 ルイ子), Japanese photojournalist
 * Ruriko Yoshida, Japanese-American mathematician and statistician
 * Ryoichi Yoshida (吉田 良一), Japanese sprinter
 * Sachio Yoshida (吉田 幸生), Japanese footballer
 * Saori Yoshida (吉田 沙保里), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Satoru Yoshida (吉田 悟), Japanese footballer
 * Satoshi Yoshida (吉田 智志), Japanese footballer
 * Sayuri Yoshida (吉田 小百合), Japanese voice actress
 * Seiji Yoshida (吉田 清治), Japanese writer and communist
 * Seiko Yoshida (吉田 聖子), Japanese voice actress
 * Sensha Yoshida, manga artist, known as the author of Utsurun Desu.
 * Setsuko Yoshida (吉田 節子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Shigeru Yoshida (吉田 茂), Japanese diplomat, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Shigeru Yoshida (bureaucrat) (吉田 茂), Japanese diplomat and politician
 * Shintaro Yoshida (由田 慎太郎), Japanese baseball player
 * Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰), Japanese scholar
 * Shu Yoshida (baseball) (吉田 嵩), Japanese baseball player
 * Shuhei Yoshida (吉田 修平), Japanese businessman
 * Shuichi Yoshida (吉田 修一), Japanese writer
 * Shuji Yoshida (吉田 修司), Japanese baseball player and coach
 * Soyoka Yoshida (吉田 爽葉香), Japanese entertainer
 * Sumire Yoshida (吉田 菫), Japanese musician
 * Sunao Yoshida (吉田 直), pen-name of Sunao Matsumoto, Japanese writer
 * Syoh Yoshida (吉田 翔), Japanese artist
 * Tadatomo Yoshida (吉田 忠智), Japanese politician
 * Taisei Yoshida (吉田 大成), Japanese baseballer
 * Takahisa Yoshida (吉田 孝久), Japanese high jumper
 * Takao Yoshida (吉田 貴男), better known as Taka Michinoku, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takashi Yoshida (吉田 隆司), better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takashi Yoshida (comedian) (吉田 敬), Japanese comedian
 * Takayuki Yoshida (吉田 孝行), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Yoshida, Japanese engineer
 * Takuro Yoshida (吉田 拓郎), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Tamao Yoshida (吉田 玉男), Japanese puppeteer
 * Tatsuma Yoshida (吉田 達磨), Japanese footballer
 * Tatsuo Yoshida (吉田 竜夫), Japanese illustrator and character designer
 * Tatsuya Yoshida (吉田 達也), Japanese musician
 * Tetsuro Yoshida (吉田 鉄郎), Japanese architect
 * Tome Yoshida (吉田 とめ), Japanese nurse
 * Tomizo Yoshida (吉田 富三), Japanese pathologist
 * Tomohisa Yoshida (吉田 智尚), Japanese footballer
 * Tomokazu Yoshida (吉田 友一), Japanese actor
 * Tomoki Yoshida (吉田 智紀), Japanese rugby union player
 * Tomoko Yoshida (吉田 知子), Japanese writer
 * Toru Yoshida (吉田 暢), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Tōshi Yoshida (吉田 遠志), Japanese printmaker
 * Toshimitsu Yoshida (吉田 寿光), Japanese football referee
 * Toshitada Yoshida (吉田 敏忠), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Yoshida Tōyō (吉田 東洋), Japanese samurai
 * Toyoharu Yoshida (吉田 豊治), Japanese manga artist and businessman known as Ippei Kuri
 * Tsukasa Yoshida (芳田 司), Japanese judoka
 * Yasuhiro Yoshida (吉田 康弘), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Yasushi Yoshida (吉田 靖), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Yasutaka Yoshida (吉田 安孝), Japanese footballer
 * Yasuyuki Yoshida (吉田 康幸), Japanese footballer
 * Yō Yoshida (吉田 羊), Japanese actress
 * Yoshihito Yoshida (吉田 義人), Japanese rugby union player
 * Yoshikatsu Yoshida (吉田 義勝), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Yoshio Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田 喜重), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Yoshiyuki Yoshida (吉田 善行), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Yugo Yoshida (吉田 雄悟), Japanese sailor
 * Yuka Yoshida (吉田 友佳), Japanese tennis player
 * Yuka Yoshida (cricketer) (born 1989), Japanese women cricketer
 * Yuki Yoshida, Canadian film producer
 * Yurika Yoshida (吉田 夕梨花), Japanese curler
 * Yuta Yoshida (吉田 裕太), Japanese baseball player
 * Yutaka Yoshida (吉田 豊), Japanese footballer
 * Yūto Yoshida (吉田 雄人), Japanese politician
 * Yuya Yoshida (吉田 優也), Japanese judoka
 * Zengo Yoshida (吉田 善吾), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Luka Yoshida-Martin (born 2001), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters

 * Ayumi Yoshida (吉田 歩美), a character in the manga series Detective Conan
 * Chizuru Yoshida (吉田 千鶴), a character in the manga series Kimi ni Todoke
 * Jin Yoshida, a character in the video game Soma
 * Kazumi Yoshida (吉田 一美), a character in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
 * Leyu Yoshida (吉田 玲優), better known as Sunpyre, a character in Marvel Comics
 * Miki Yoshida, a character in the OEL manga series Miki Falls
 * Shiro Yoshida (吉田 四郎), better known as Sunfire, a character in Marvel Comics
 * Taisei Yoshida (吉田 大成), a character in the manga series Assassination Classroom
 * Yuki Yoshida (吉田 友紀), a character in the light novel series Is This a Zombie?
 * Masaki Yoshida (吉田 茉咲), a secondary character in the manga WataMote
 * Saki Yoshida (吉田咲), the main character of the infamous hentai manga Metamorphosis (sometimes called Emergence)
 * Yoshida Shouyou, one of the most important character in the manga and anime series Gintama (being the main character, Gintoki Sakata's teacher) created by Hideaki Sorachi. He is based on Yoshida Shoin.